Word: cashes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...author who wins the National Book Award can claim literary prestige, but an author who wins the Imus American Book Award can claim a big pot of cash, along with an influential endorsement. DON IMUS, radio's most popular curmudgeon, created the awards to counter the "elitist" selections of those other book honors. Of the four winners announced last week, two were selected by Imus and two by listeners, who voted for their favorites online. Imus' top pick was Freedomland by novelist Richard Price, who will take home $100,000. The other three winners (Pillar of Fire by Taylor Branch...
Other groups have attempted to cash in on the Boy's success. 'N Sync and Take Five might look good in some low-riding jeans and a sweater with a stripe across the chest; they, too, might be able to sing along with a keyboard and a drum machine. But do they have the spark of true genius? Can they look into 12 cameras like they were looking into your eyes alone and promise never, never to break your heart and somehow, over all those miles of television cables, actually mean it? Do you know that they will someday come...
...Name Is Joe basically traces the implicitly painful and Damoclean progress of the recovering alcoholic. It's not like there are regular scenes of stare-offs with bottles, or moments of temptation and ultimate white-knuckled resolve in front of seedy liquor stores next to check cash-ins. Loach instead wisely lets Joe's successes speak for themselves, their very modesty giving them a fragility; at one point Joe's safe wallpapering gig almost spins into disaster when a welfare agent snaps telephoto pics to expose his outside earnings (Joe paints the agent's car). Mullen's performance is ultranaturalistic...
...purposes, their choice of recipient is influenced by their fondness for Harvard, and, in the case of art, the knowledge that their donation will be used for education and be well cared for. But while the museums scrutinize each piece before accepting it, the fund always welcomes cold hard cash...
...police cruiser, a shopping cart or a Harvard shuttle bus. Two: Make sure that your companions know your full name, lest the medics feel the need to phone Dean Nathans for a spell-check. Three: Have said companions, friends or lovers leave you two shoes and some cash. After all, you plan to spend the night...